Houghton Mifflin partners with Weber Grills, inaugurating new era of publisher-brand collaboration
What’s the central threat to the domestic publishing industry? Is it overproduction? Is it Google Books? Is it the United States government’s consistent willingness to define consumer interest in a… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: Have we reached peak ARC?
Topics discussed: advice, Nick During, New York Review Books, Linda Rosenkrantz, Anna Wiener, ARCs, galleys, hyperbole, Twitter backlash, #JadeHelm15, limited edition boxset superproofs, City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg, Jonathan… Read more »
Advanced Advance Reading Copies
The season of big books won’t be upon us until the Autumn, so this is the season of most anticipated books, a time where we move through the present but… Read more »
CEOs give the best book blurbs
It’s only a couple short months before the release of Harper Lee’s new novel/sequel/draft/novel, Go Set A Watchman. As the literary world continues to chamber their thinkpiece guns, one thing remains… Read more »
Is it the year of short stories or 900 page novels?
This year was a year of extremes: 2013 yielded unprecedented sales numbers for George Saunders’s story collection and an unfathomable advance for a 900 page debut by Garth Risk Hallberg.… Read more »
How to talk about Garth Risk Hallberg and his $2 million book deal
After two days of bidding, Knopf has picked up City on Fire, the nine hundred page debut novel by Garth Risk Hallberg, reports Julie Bosman for the New York Times.… Read more »
Scott Rudin buys film rights to a book before the book rights are sold
Scott Rudin continues to buy film rights to all of the books, even when they aren’t books yet. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Rudin has bought film rights to… Read more »